1. Writing practice
With teacher support
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2. American values and social issues
Write two lists
One with American values
One with social issues in American society
Sum up in class
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3. American society Values Social issues: Freedom Independence
Equality and equal rights
Patriotism
Progress
Development
The pursuit of happiness
The self-made man
Social issues:
Inequality; the difference between rich and poor
Poverty
Unemployment
Racism
Health care
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4. Texts about american society
Obama’s victory speech 2012, link to video of speech:
Link to full text
Tupac’s song «Brenda’s got a Baby», link to music video:
Look at the speech and music video and write down what values or social issues are presented here.
Make a list of the values/social issues
Try to write a question for discussion for these two texts related to social issues and values
Try to change the question for discussion to a statement that can be argued or discussed = thesis statement
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